“Earlier, we collected used bottles and sold them for our living. Then, we started attending Muktangan. Now we have joined school and regularly attend it. We could not imagine that one day we would also be able to go to school. We feel we can fulfil all our dreams.”

At New Alipore Praajak Development Society, we work together with communities, government and non-government actors to provide an enabling and secure environment for vulnerable children and young people in West Bengal, India. We strive to address deep rooted gendered social constructions and stereotypes that perpetuate inequities and deprivationOur work therefore focuses on boys and young men as we believe that brincging about sustainable transformation in the way they feel, think and actwhich we believe can effectively reconfigure patriarchal social realities and enable both young men and women to access opportunities to meet their aspirations.

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Antariksha means ‘the space in between’. It is a unique programme that aims to address gender equity and promote a gender discrimination free society by working extensively with boys and young men. The programme works with children and adolescents in South and North 24 Parganas, Murshidabad, Malda and Jalpaiguri in West Bengal to prevent early and child marriage, trafficking, sexual abuse and school drop-outs